Thread: Half-Track?
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Unread 21-01-2006, 23:56
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Re: Half-Track?

Right now it's just in the preliminary planning stage but the reason this was brought up was that we were having problems turning smoothly because we had to drag out outside wheels around (we have a 6 wheeled robot with the middle 2 as the drive wheels). the idea of having a tread design is one that I personally like, but no one else is really behind it.

We were thinking that if we have a half-track with either casters or omni-wheels in the front then there would be less drag on the non-powered wheels, and thus, smoother turning..... as well as a cooler looking robot.